Climate twins of Ladysmith, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ladysmith's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Ladysmith vs its climate twin
Top match: Deerwood, MN
| Month | Ladysmith | Deerwood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.9°F | 2.0°F | 1.13 in | 18.8°F | 0.1°F | 1.09 in |
| February | 29.7°F | 3.7°F | 1.03 in | 24.6°F | 3.6°F | 0.98 in |
| March | 40.7°F | 16.1°F | 1.69 in | 36.8°F | 15.4°F | 1.69 in |
| April | 54.3°F | 28.4°F | 3.09 in | 51.5°F | 29.3°F | 2.82 in |
| May | 66.7°F | 39.9°F | 4.19 in | 65.3°F | 40.0°F | 3.84 in |
| June | 75.4°F | 49.1°F | 5.12 in | 74.7°F | 51.1°F | 4.44 in |
| July | 78.5°F | 52.8°F | 4.32 in | 79.1°F | 56.1°F | 4.74 in |
| August | 76.7°F | 51.5°F | 4.20 in | 76.9°F | 53.6°F | 3.29 in |
| September | 69.1°F | 44.3°F | 3.66 in | 68.6°F | 45.6°F | 3.10 in |
| October | 56.4°F | 33.0°F | 3.79 in | 54.7°F | 33.8°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 39.9°F | 22.5°F | 2.01 in | 37.7°F | 21.9°F | 1.73 in |
| December | 29.3°F | 10.3°F | 1.61 in | 24.5°F | 9.6°F | 1.25 in |
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →